. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 522 SHEEP Hartford, Connecticut, consisting of 2 rams and 20 ewes from the government flock of France. The head ram, named Grandee, sheared 14 pounds and was regarded as a very fine specimen. In 1846 this flock with its increase was sold to parties in Ver- mont. In May, 1846, John A. Taintor of Connecticut imported 2 rams and 7 ewes which he purchased of Victor Gilbert. Follow- ing this, Taintor made several other importations. In 1848 John D. Patterson of Westfield, New York, on the western border of that state, made an importation including many
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 522 SHEEP Hartford, Connecticut, consisting of 2 rams and 20 ewes from the government flock of France. The head ram, named Grandee, sheared 14 pounds and was regarded as a very fine specimen. In 1846 this flock with its increase was sold to parties in Ver- mont. In May, 1846, John A. Taintor of Connecticut imported 2 rams and 7 ewes which he purchased of Victor Gilbert. Follow- ing this, Taintor made several other importations. In 1848 John D. Patterson of Westfield, New York, on the western border of that state, made an importation including many superior sheep,. Fig. 232. One of the sheep barns on the government farm at Rambouillet, France. From photograph by the author his ewes weighing from 120 to 150 pounds and some of his rams up to 300 pounds. In 1851 several different importatfons of prominence were made. F. M. Rotch of New York is said to have made an importation with Taintor of Connecticut. That same year S. W. Jewett of Middlebury, Vermont, imported 18 rams and 82 ewes from Victor Gilbert, and George Campbell of Westminster, Vermont, also made an importation. In 1851 a company of Ohio breeders imported about 50 head selected from private flocks in France by A. P. Howard. Some of the present Ohio flocks trace back to this importation as well as to a later one of 1881. In 1851 the late R. C. Moulton of Wood- stock, Ohio, established a flock of French Merinos, which he Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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